Routines for Parents
Routines for Parents: 25 free pages to print, play or teach from. No sign-in.
- Daily schedule cardsPrintable
Free printable daily schedule cards for the board, ten to a page, each with a time and an activity in big type. Edit the times and subjects, print and cut apart.
- First week of school routines checklistPrintable
A free printable first week of school checklist for teachers: twelve routines to teach, with a box for each day of the week. Edit the routines, print and tick them off as the class learns them.
- Weekly class schedulePrintable
A free printable weekly class schedule: times down the side, Monday to Friday across the top, and room in every box. Edit the times and day names and print.
- Class period schedulePrintable
A free printable class period schedule for a student: a row for each period with the time, the class, the teacher and the room. Print a class set for the first week.
- Center rotation chart makerMaker
Groups, centers and minutes make a printable rotation chart where every group visits every center once, and a projector timer that moves groups on.
- Morning routine checklistPrintable
A free printable morning routine checklist for students: the jobs to do when they arrive, with a box to check for each day of the week. Edit the jobs and print a stack.
- Spaced practice: what it is, how to schedule it, and what the research saysGuide
Spaced practice for teachers: the evidence rating and studies, how far apart to space review, steps by grade band, examples, common mistakes and free tools to schedule it.
- Top 11 homeschool planners and planner apps (2026)List
Homeschool Planet is our number one pick for most families: assignments move themselves when plans change, grades, attendance and transcripts live in the same place, and the 30-day trial needs no credit card.
Checked 2026-10-27
- Weekly lesson plan templateMaker
An editable weekly lesson plan: days by periods, A/B days or a six-day cycle, copy a lesson forward, print the week or the sub's day.
- Daycare and preschool daily schedule makerTool
A day's rhythm for infants, toddlers, preschool or a mixed-age home daycare: change the times, print it for the wall or for families. Free, kept on your device.
- Specials schedulePrintable
A free printable specials schedule: a weekly grid with a write-in line for each day's special, the time, the room and a reminder. Edit the days and print.
- Teacher end of day checklistPrintable
A free printable end of day checklist for teachers: ten editable tasks to tick before leaving, from clearing desks to charging devices, plus a box for a note to tomorrow.
- Dismissal routine posterPrintable
A free printable dismissal routine poster: five steps with pictures from clean up to saying goodbye, in a banded frame. Edit every step and print on letter or A4.
- How to set up morning work that runs itselfGuide
A morning work routine that runs while you take attendance: what goes on the page, how to check it in five minutes, what changes by grade, and a free weekly maker with a key.
- Daily language review: a fix-the-sentence routineGuide
A five-minute daily language review routine: one sentence to fix, the five kinds of error to teach, what to expect by grade, and a free weekly printable with a key.
- How to run small-group rotationsGuide
Small-group rotations step by step: forming flexible groups, planning the teacher table, centers that run without you, a printable rotation chart and a projector timer, and fixes.
- The last ten minutes as a substituteGuide
How a substitute ends the day well: an early tidy, a quiet finish, work collected in labeled piles, a careful dismissal, and the note to the teacher before you go.
- Chore and routine charts for kidsPrintable
Printable helper charts, bedtime routines, First / Then boards and picture schedules with pictures, from our parent site. Free, nothing sent.
Checked 2026-11-07
- Circle time for twos, threes and foursGuide
A five-line circle time (greeting, calendar, theme question, song, book), how long to plan for each age, and what to drop first when the room is restless.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Visual schedule cards with picturesPrintable
Pick the parts of the day and print picture cards for a visual schedule strip, with a done pocket, in three card sizes.
Checked 2026-11-08
- A daily schedule for toddlers and infantsGuide
A sample day for a toddler room and an infant room, why babies keep their own schedule, where naps and outside time go, and a free schedule maker that prints for the wall.
Checked 2026-10-31
- Sub Ready lesson 3: Signals and routinesPage
Use the class's own signal and the class's own routines, have a few of your own ready, and wait for quiet before you speak. Lesson 3 of Sub Ready, Peabody's free course for substitute teachers, about 11 minutes, with thr
- The Community Garden Water Schedule: 2nd grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about sharing a garden for 2nd grade, 122 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Middle Seat Schedule: 3rd grade reading passage with questionsReading
A fiction passage about three siblings and one car seat problem for 3rd grade, 218 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.